Comments on: Chantix and Suicide

By: Adodge

Adodge — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:05:09 +0000

I took chantix as directed and was really happy to have actually quit. Or so I thought I had. But within 4 weeks of no longer taking it. The stress that again plagued my life caused me to begin smoking again. So 6 months later I again began taking the Chantix. This time when I got to week 12 I woke up one morning and had this very scary notion to go and kill myself!!!! And the intellectual side of my brain was saying “What are you crazy!!!! This feeling was horrible, but I knew exactly what I was feeling. I called my sister and asked her to get to the house as fast as she could. I told her why. While I waited for her I stayed in bed and cried. I was crying because the thought of killing myself was so scary and real. When my sister got there she wanted me to go to the hospital. But I did not want to go there. I asked her to stay with me until my husband got home. And I asked her to take all my medication home with her that evening. That was my common sense speaking, because I knew that I was taking at least two medications that would kill me if I overdosed on them. I stayed in bed and my husband watched over me after my sister left for the night. The next morning after crying myself to sleep. I woke up and it was like some Crazy dream I had, had. I was so sure it was just one of those screwy dreams that is also a known side affect from taking Chantix. I started to tell my husband about what happen in my crazy dream. To my surprise he told me it was not a dream, That what I was telling him is what happened yesterday. Since I no longer felt like killing myself. I knew right away that the Chantix had caused this almost uncontrollable crazy desire to end my life. I think that the makers of Chantix should recall this drug and do further studies on the affects it has in the chemicals of the human brain. Just like for some people that are depressed, they take Prozac and boom they are fine. But some other people have said Prozac has not affect on them and had to be switched onto a different SSRR antidepressants. Perhaps the makers of Chantix should look at doing PET brain scans on individual that are in a controlled environment and taking Chantix. Then when someone feels this horrible desire to die,. that patient can be taken back down to x ray and have a detailed PET scan done on their brain so that it could be compared to the previous PET scan. Perhaps then this company would know what group of patients cannot take Chantix.

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:43:55 +0000

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By: rhonda

rhonda — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:24:20 +0000

i tryed to kill my self while on this medication

By: S. Faucett

S. Faucett — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:06:55 +0000

I got angry all the time while I was on Chantix, I had to stop taking it because I wanted to kill myself all the time. I think that there should have been a warning about suicide attempts then I would have thought more about whether or not to take it.

By: Pfizer Advertises Chantix without Disclosing Suicide Side Effects | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:45:15 +0000

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By: Chantix No Better Than NicoDerm at Long Term Quit Rates | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:58:33 +0000

[...] and NicoDerm in long-term quit rates for smokers. As concerns continue to mount about the safety of Chantix and suicide related side effects, the study raises more questions about whether the risks outweigh the potential benefits of the [...]

By: Search Information about Chantix and Suicide - No Results from Pfizer Site | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:55:49 +0000

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